Andrew: In the report in which Aoyama authored, in the discussion, the second paragraph states "In our study, feeding a high protein meal in the late active phase (defined as dinner) attenuated muscle hypertrophy in mice, in comparison, mice that were fed a high protein diet at the early active phase (defined as breakfast) showed the highest response of mucscle hypertrophy to overloading." My question is, yes they found a link to japanese women and their greater SMI and grip strength in the breakfast protein group and now the word "attenuated" muscle hypertrophy causes me to think whether late protein is regressive or hurts muscle growth. Basically, Last year I changed my diet to greater morning BCCA protein, and greater evening carbs, ( I take Crossfit daily) and gained 6 pounds of Skeletal Muscle over 5 months. Could it be counter productive to eat high protein at the evening meal? Jon L Hardinger DDS 69 years old.